Archive for August, 2006

Here comes Ernesto

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

This is looking south at Campus Crusade from in front of our house. That’s the field I walk across to work. You can see the outer band of clouds from Ernesto on the horizon. I won’t be walking that way tomorrow because we have the day off.

Languages I’m working on

Monday, August 28th, 2006

I know I said to come here in the latest newsletter for more current details, but I am still not quite sure what I have security clearance to post. Once I have cleared the projects that aren’t classified and sensitive I’ll post them.

Black and yellow argiope spider

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

We have a lot of these around. They’re about the size of my middle finger, 3 or 4 inches. They don’t move from the center of their webs for days where they all hang head down on a reinforced band of the web.

More pretty bugs!

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Got surprised by this one on our door coming back from church today. It was about 4 inches long. I vowed a few days ago that I wouldn’t jump when I came across big bugs because it happens so often. I jumped.